Kentucky Bourbon Tours

Larrikin Bourbon Co. Bourbon Without Boundaries — Lawrenceburg 📍 1319 Versailles Rd, Lawrenceburg, KY At Larrikin Bourbon Co., bourbon isn’t simply made—it’s set loose. Founded by Greg Keeley, a decorated combat-disabled U.S. and Royal Australian Navy veteran, this veteran-owned craft distillery brings a bold, high-proof edge to Kentucky bourbon. The name “Larrikin” means a spirited rule-breaker with heart—and that rebellious energy shows up in every mash bill, every barrel, and every pour. This is bourbon with backbone.Bourbon with bite.Bourbon that refuses to play it safe. 🥃 Tours That Go Big on Flavor At Larrikin, tours [...]

Glenns Creek Distillery Where Bourbon Never Left — It Simply Waited Hidden within the weathered limestone walls of the former Old Crow Distillery in Frankfort, Glenns Creek Distillery operates on sacred bourbon ground. This isn’t a re-creation of history. It’s a continuation of it. Long before bourbon became a global obsession, this site helped define how it was made. Today, barrels rest again where innovation once reshaped American whiskey. The stone still breathes. The rickhouses still whisper. And bourbon, once again, flows. You don’t stumble onto Glenns Creek.You seek it. Founded by David Meier, Glenns [...]

Castle & Key Distillery Bourbon Elevated on Historic Ground 📍 Millville | Former site of the Old Taylor Distillery (est. 1887) Rising from Kentucky’s limestone hills, Castle & Key Distillery stands as one of the Commonwealth’s most architecturally striking bourbon destinations. Built on the restored grounds of the Old Taylor Distillery, the property blends 19th-century grandeur with modern distilling precision. The original castle was commissioned by E. H. Taylor Jr., a pioneer of bourbon quality standards and early bourbon tourism. Today, that same castle anchors a fully revived working distillery—where limestone spring water, Kentucky’s shifting [...]

Whiskey Thief Distilling Co. Bourbon, Straight from the Barrel 📍 283 Crab Orchard Rd, Frankfort Set on a 127-acre working farm in Franklin County, Whiskey Thief Distilling Co. offers bourbon in its most honest form—uncut, unfiltered, and drawn straight from the barrel by hand. There are no glass walls separating you from production. No overly polished showroom distractions. Just the scent of oak dust and rising proof, open rickhouses breathing with the Kentucky seasons, and barrels treated as individual personalities rather than inventory. Here, the barrel decides. Known for single-barrel bourbon and rye releases bottled [...]

J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery Where You Choose the Bourbon 📍 20 Reilly Road, Frankfort Just steps from Buffalo Trace Distillery and along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Eastern Route, J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery takes a different approach to bourbon. Most distilleries protect a single house profile.Here, you build your own. This isn’t a traditional production-focused stop—it’s a blending house and barrel lab where mash bills, ages, proofs, and barrel types become tools in your hands. The bourbon isn’t finished until you decide it is. You’re not handed a script.You’re handed components. 🛢 Bourbon Built by Choice [...]